Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 12 August 2024
The DP World Tour returns after almost a month’s break as the Race to Dubai heats up with the Czech Masters, played at a new course and featuring a field packed with Major champions. The DP World Tour returns to action at the Czech Masters after nearly a month away. The previous regular event on tour prior to Major Championships and...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 14 August 2024
How much prize money did Lydia Ko receive for winning the 2024 AIG Women’s British Open at St Andrews and how has the purse evolved over the years? The purse for 2024’s AIG Women’s British Open has had a $500,000 increase from 2023, taking the total prize fund for this year’s championship to $9.5million. That’s a 5.5% increase from the $9million...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 14 August 2024
Today’s Golfer takes a look at the players contending for the final major of the women’s golf calendar, the 2024 AIG Women’s Open Championship. Taking place from 22nd to 25th of August 2024, the AIG Women’s Open will attract 156 of the world’s best to battle it out for a major title at the Home of Golf. Returning to St Andrews...
Written by Matt Cooper on Wednesday 14 August 2024
This summer the AIG Women’s Open is returning to St Andrews for the first time since 2013. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Championship. America’s Lilia Vu will defend the trophy she claimed in decisive fashion at Walton Heath last year, but she will face a field determined to make their mark at the Home of Golf. Youngsters...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Thursday 15 August 2024
Today’s Golfer previews the 2024 Women’s Open Championship, taking place from 22nd to 25th August. The Women’s Open, often still called the Women’s British Open outside of the United Kingdom, is the final major championship in women’s professional golf calendar. The tournament was a stop on the Ladies European Tour up until 1993, and from 1994 onwards it has been co-sanctioned...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Thursday 15 August 2024
Round one of the Women’s Scottish Open got underway yesterday, here’s the tee times and groupings for round two of the tournament. The world’s best female golfers received a classic Scottish links welcome for the first round of the Women’s Scottish Open, with wind and rain battering Dundonald Links for most of the day. Play was suspended for two hours...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday 15 August 2024
The AIG Women’s British Open returns to St Andrews for a third time since the tournament’s first playing in 1976. Here’s our hole-by-hole guide to world-renowned Old Course where the final Major champion of 2024 will be crowned. The 48th edition of the AIG Women’s British Open will be held at the most iconic course in golf for the third time...
Written by James Hogg on Thursday 15 August 2024
‘I hope we don’t really have good weather… British golfers play better when it’s tougher!’ Georgia Hall can’t wait to play the AIG Women’s Open at the “special place” where she won the Smyth Salver as an amateur in 2013. Georgia Hall propelled herself onto the global stage when she won the Smyth Salver at the 2013 Women’s Open alongside fellow...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Friday 16 August 2024
After the Women’s Scottish Open had two weather delays and suspended play in round one, round two saw stunning performances from Charley Hull and Georgia Hall. Here’s the tee times for round three at Dundonald Links. Dundonald is the host for the 2024 Women’s Scottish Open, and it provided a typically Scottish welcome for the first day of the tournament, with...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Saturday 17 August 2024
The top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings descend – or rather, ascend – to Castle Pines Golf Club in Colorado, located 6,500 feet above sea level for the BMW Championship. The BMW Championship will determine the top 30 players who will make it to the Tour Championship at the end of the month, with an eye-watering $18m cheque awaiting...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 2 October 2024
A huge field of celebrities and amateurs will be teeing up in the Dunhill Links Championship this week, but who are they? Here’s a rundown of those taking part. The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship kicks off on Thursday, October 3rd. This prestigious event takes place across three iconic courses: the St Andrews Old Course, Carnoustie Championship Course, and Kingsbarns. A total of...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Saturday 17 August 2024
The final event of the DP World Tour’s five ‘Global Swings’ series takes place in Denmark this week as Lübker Golf Resort plays host to the Danish Championship. Previously known as the Made in Denmark between 2014-2020 and Made in Himmerland from 2021 to 2023, this year marks yet another name change, with a prominent figure in Danish golf ushering in...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 2 October 2024
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is one of golf’s most unique tournaments, but now it may also prove to be one of the most politically significant of the year. Here’s why… Squirrelled away in the guts of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Order of Play for Thursday is match number 43, kickstarting the Carnoustie action from the tenth tee. Blink and you’d...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Saturday 5 October 2024
Following on from the Irish and Spanish Opens in recent weeks, France now takes center stage for their national championship as the FedEx Open de France returns to Le Golf National. The inaugural edition of the Open de France took place in 1906, making it the oldest national open in continental Europe, and it has a new sponsor this year –...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 7 October 2024
Utah welcomes its first PGA Tour event since 1963 as the Black Desert Championship gets ready to take center stage as part of the FedEx Cup Fall Series. The Utah Open Invitational was the last tour event to be held in the Beehive State, which was won by Tommy Jacobs 61 years ago. The state has been home to the Korn Ferry...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 12 October 2024
LIV’s Individual Champion will tee it up in his homeland at the Andalucia Masters, retaining his membership on the DP World Tour. In doing so, Rahm’s hopes of securing a place in Luke Donald’s 12 for Bethpage Black take a significant step forward. Having appealed his fines for playing on the Saudi-backed circuit, Rahm remains clear to participate on the DPWT...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 12 October 2024
The FedExCup Fall heads to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Shriners Children’s Open. Here’s everything you need to know. Founded in 1983, the Shriners Children’s Open has an enviable roll-call of former champions including Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Jim Furyk, Patrick Cantlay, and Bryson DeChambeau. The tournament is the fourth stop on the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Fall roster where players who finished...
Written by James Hogg on Sunday 13 October 2024
The second Asian Swing on the LPGA Tour’s record-breaking 2024 schedule continues in South Korea with the BMW Ladies Championship The LPGA Tour is nearing its conclusion at the CME Group Tour Championship at the end of November. The 30th event on the record-breaking schedule is the BMW Ladies Championship, which is being played at Seowon Hills in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. On...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 15 October 2024
Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup revenge mission just got a little harder as the PGA of America move to silence his 13th man in New York. Home advantage in sports is a widely accepted phenomenon. Familiarity, travel fatigue, weather, altitude, and fans all contribute to varying extents to the higher-than-average win percentage enjoyed by home teams and players. US Major League Soccer has one...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 17 October 2024
Potty-mouthed Tour golfers have made plenty of headlines recently with Tyrrell Hatton and Bob MacIntyre drawing ire for their repeated profanities at the Dunhill Links Championship. The presence of hot mics at every Tour event means most golfers have been captured cursing on the course in recent years. And even if you don’t catch the profanity live, the rise of social...